V. F. Odoevskii
Russkie nochi.
Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo "Nauka", 1975. 316 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 7" x 8.75", is bound in dark green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Brief annotation appears in upper margin of page 285. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Illustrated with three plates, including a frontisportrait of the author.
Critical edition of an 1844 collection of philosophical essays and novellas by VVladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (1803-1869), considered his signature work, the book took two decades to complete. It contains some of Odoyevsky's best known fiction, including the dystopian novellas "The Last Suicide" and "The Town with No Name". The stories are interlaced with philosophic conversations.